Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Just for kicks...

If I've said it once I have said it a hundred times: I am trying to find inspiration to write more. Today I will post a few older pieces since I don't have anything recent to share.

Disclaimer: I wrote this LONG before the stupid Twilight epidemic. As I reread it, I realize the first paragraph is a bit vampire-y. Please do not be fooled, I would be much quicker to fall in love with a zombie and write poetry about how sexy he looked with brains in his teeth.

**Eighty-Eight Keys**
Never knew I'd hate windows so much
As when I was with you
An unfortunate opportunity to be
Surrounded by the sun
As much as I sought the refuge of the night
I can't hide in the shadows forever
Look back to where this all began
Can't you see what a mess we both were?
I was coughing up old feelings
You just needed to feel anything at all
But it's once in a lifetime, the ideal home
And when it's lost, it's gone forever
This is something you don't want to hear
But it has to be said
Regardless of how much I love you
I can't put myself through that again
I turned a blind eye on the heartaches
In hopes that our love really would overcome
All the troubles but despite my best efforts
I say to you now that
My dear, we are done
We can never go back to what we had
Before the rug got pulled out from under
Could we have made it in a perfect world?
Sometimes I can't help but wonder

**Fool's Gold**
Tongue sharper than her eyes
You figured that she wouldn't see
The truth of your deception
Just outside of her perception
Each time you lay down with your lies
A piece of her soul dies
And even if you told the truth
It wouldn't serve as a release
'Cause she is so in love
That she'd suspend her disbelief
It's time you made a choice
So lay your heart down on the line
Contemplate reality
Or perpetuate duality
You didn't mean to make her suffer
Was it you couldn't get enough or
Did you hate to just leave well enough alone
She saw you out the other night
Rendezvous in the moonlight
She can't take it anymore
'Cause she's so fed up with lies
She'll wipe the teardrops from her face
And she's leaving you this time

**Curtain Call**

You thought it might be fun Stack one more block upon the tower But like the child that you are You never imagined it would topple over

He held the balance carefully Grasping for any available traction Ironically, he was in traction the whole time A marionette in your cheap rendition

And then, at once, a crash, a blow You are responsive but irresponsible If you can't untie the knot, then Sweetheart, cut the damn rope

Don't look back over your shoulder You should know it's impolite to stare Your time is up, he's called your bluff Guess no one ever taught you to play fair

If you're still feeling confused It's just the conflict you create Go ahead and fade into the shadows Please, let this fall away

Okay, that's enough for now. There goes what, five minutes of your life? You'll never get that back. Thank you for spending it here. Carry on.